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COURSE TITLE |
PHILOSOPHY
OF KNOWLEDGE I |
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COURSE
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COURSE
TYPE |
Must |
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COURSE
SEMESTER |
I |
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COURSE
CREDIT |
National
Credit: 3
ECTS: 6 |
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DEPARTMENT |
PHILOSOPHY |
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FACULTY
MEMBER/MEMBERS THAT GIVE THE COURSE |
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POSTAL
ADDRESS |
Felsefe Bölümü, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi, Öğretim Üyeleri Binası, Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi, PK: 35260, İzmir Türkiye, Tel: ++ 90 (232) 412 79 03 - , Fax: ++ 90 (232) 453 90 93 E-Posta: balmetin@gmail.com , Web: www.metinbal.net |
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AIMS
OF THE COURSE, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LEARNING METHODS, TEACHING AND LEARNING
MATERIALS |
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AIMS
OF THE COURSE |
to
tell the presence of different kinds of knowledge and the wealth of reason
to produce knowledge by explaining philosophers’
approaches about definition, source, and value of knowledge, |
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LEARNING
OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE |
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ACQUIRED
KNOWLEDGE |
Critical
development of thinking concerning reason and knowledge |
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ACQUIRED
CAPABILITIES |
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TEACHING
METHODS |
Theory-based
lecture, discussion |
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TEACHING
MATERIALS |
Source
books, selection of discussion topics |
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GRADING
AND EVALUATION PROCEDURES FOR THE COURSE |
The
student will be graded according to one written midterm and one written
final exams. |
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COURSE
CONTENTS AND PLANNING |
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WEEK |
THEORY |
APPLICATION |
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1 |
Definition
of knowledge, kinds of knowledge |
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2 |
Matters
of philosophy and features of philosophical knowledge |
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3 |
Basic
concepts of philosophy of knowledge |
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4 |
Truth,
reality, meaningfulness, consistency, validity, a priori, a posteriori,
analytic, synthetic |
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5 |
The
problem of possibility of true knowledge (Dogmatism, skepticism) |
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The
problem of source of true knowledge (reason, experiment, intuition, reason
and experiment) |
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7 |
The
problem of criterion of true knowledge |
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8 |
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9 |
The
problem of limits of true knowledge (realism, positivism, idealism,
pragmatism, intuitionism, transcendental idealism) |
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12 |
The
attempt to explain the problem of knowledge with science |
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The
problem of reality of external world |
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14 |
The
efforts to reconcile realism with idealism |
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15 |
Realism
and idealism in phenomenology |
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Textbooks
and Recommended reading |
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Gillies, Donald (1993) Philosophy of Science in the Twentieth Century, Four Central Themes, Oxford: Blackwell | ||||||
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O’Hear, Anthony (1999) (der.) German Philosophy Since Kant [Kant’tan İtibaren Alman Felsefesi], Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). | ||||||
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Özlem, Doğan (2001) (Derleme ve Çeviri) Günümüzde Felsefe Disiplinleri,
İstanbul: İnkılâp Kitabevi. "Bilgi Kuramı", Alwin Diemer, çev. Doğan Özlem, ss.163-180. "Bilgi Kuramı", Fritz Heinemann, çev. Doğan Özlem, ss.181-203. "Bilgi Kuramı Tarihçesi", H. Krings & H.M.Baumgartner, çev. Doğan Özlem, ss.205-229. |
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EXAMS |
One
written midterm and one written final exams |
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